With tens of thousands of graduating seniors making commencement speeches around the country, it’s fair to say that few, if not just one, found their inspiration in a Saturday Night Live skit.

Anna Donovan in her honors essay address at the Medway High School Class of 2013 graduation drew on the same "pump-up speech" that she has given to classmates time and time again before everything from exams to track meets.

"Everyone, repeat after me: I look good. I feel good. And gosh darn it, people like me," Donovan told the crowd, who repeated the words from Stuart Smalley, a character performed on SNL by Al Franken. "Looking out into the crowd, I can tell you that you all look good. … No one can rock those blue and white caps like all of you."

Two hundred and twenty soon-to-be graduates lined the gymnasium floor Sunday afternoon for the 2013 commencement exercises, which were moved inside due to sweltering heat.

In honor of the town’s tercentennial anniversary, the graduates’ robes were embroidered with the Medway 300th logo, and their diplomas were marked with the insignia as well.

Donovan reminded her classmates that they will have days where they don’t feel good, but a little optimism can go a long way, and to keep the people who like them the most close to their hearts.

Valedictorian Emma Kaeli began by asking her fellow graduates to close their eyes, to relax, turn off their brains and simply feel the moment – the overwhelming importance of the day, the excitement in the air and the surrounding exhilaration and pride.

"Now open your eyes. I don’t know what you guys can see now from your seats right now, but this is a great view up here. I’m telling you, when you get up here, take a second look out at what’s below you," Kaeli said. "At first glance, all you see if a crowd of faces. But I’m telling you to look closer."

Pressing her classmates to capture the fleeting moment, Kaeli acknowledged that some, like herself, are fearful of change, while others can’t wait to move on to life outside of Medway.

"Frankly, we’re all doing it wrong," Kaeli said. "We shouldn’t fall to the misery of wishing for the past … and we shouldn’t lose the present by day-dreaming about the future."

The Class of 2013 was the first in Medway for Principal Douglas Dias, who shared an exchange he had with his teenage son in his address on Sunday. Dias received a frantic text message from his son after he realized he had a poor grade in math, but it all worked out as Dias ensured him.

"Everything is all right. You are graduating from high school. You remembered to breathe," Dias told the class. "I commend you for your hard work and commitment to your school."